• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  C:\ Program Files\ Panda Software\ Panda Platinum 2005 Internet Security\ PasSrv.exe
• Uses Network:No
• Uses Internet:Yes

Description:

The passrv.exe file is a part of a systems security application operable under most kinds of platforms. It is a part of the Panda Platinum Internet Security Suite. Though Panda has developed a wide variety of security applications, it is only with this edition that the process passrv.exe is included. It is automatically installed upon the installation of its accommodating application itself. Tasked with the system's Internet security, the passrv.exe file is constantly exposed to the data highway, however, this file remains safe due to its incapability to cradle viruses and Web hijacking.

The passrv.exe file is responsible for the reception and monitoring of user authorized and recognized messages and signals. Spam is unwanted and unrequested email sent by a certain party which is sometimes saved automatically in the system. This unnecessary data can cause operation disturbances and also consume a part of the computer's memory, since it also has certain requirements to execute its operation. With this, spam has a great potential to jam the systems operation.

With the file passrv.exe, spam signals are filtered and barred from entering the user's network facility. Aside from the spam-fighting function, the passrv.exe process also prevents the clients from being infested with worms, spyware and viruses which can be acquired by the system from unprotected operations using the Internet.

The passrv.exe process is an important file in the systems safekeeping application. It completes the programs security routines and function. Therefore, this file should not be deleted from the system.

Recommendations:

This is a safe process. There is no necessity to remove this process from your system or change it in any way.